Milwaukee Brewers love to remain confusing. They win five of their last six heading into the series against Pittsburgh Pirates who aren’t playing very well, and they give up 15 runs over the last two games. To make things worse, there were opportunities for Brewers to take advantage of getting on base against Pittsburgh, and it did not happen. St. Louis and Chicago both won as well to complete the shitty Tuesday for Brewers.

Player of the Game: Nick Franklin (Brewers) – You all know I hate Nick Franklin. I don’t have to explain it much to you, but we are not going to be bias against him when he has a good game. Franklin had a home run, double and a walk. Hopefully, this does not mean more playing time.

(Not) Player of the Game: Zach Davies’ first inning – I’m not really going to bemoan Davies’ start, rather, look at his first inning of struggle. Davies seems to have one bad inning, and if that’s the first, it’s a real problem.

Player of the Game: Andrew McCutchen (Pirates) – Don’t let the former MLB MVP get hot here. Andrew McCutchen seems himself on fire in the last couple of weeks. McCutchen hit a home run as well as drove three runs in the game.

Positive: They hit the ball well? – Here’s the thing about Brewers’ night, they had a good night at the plate with only three runs to show for it. Eric Sogard, Franklin and Orlando Arica all had multiple hits. Keon Broxton had double that scored a run. There were some nice hitting performances from the team.

Negative: Opportunities to comeback were stalled – Jesus, how many chances did Brewers get to make this game. Eric Thames had maybe one of his best matchups of the year with Chad Kuhl, and he couldn’t connect at all striking out four times in five at-bats. He left four runners on base while Domingo Santana and Manny Pina also left multiple in scoring position.

Next up: Junior Guerra will try to be the stopper for this starting pitching staff. Guerra will try to find his split finger again after struggling to begin the game on Friday night. Trevor Williams will go for Pittsburgh who has been mediocre for this team.

Charlie.